John Burke
Irish · 1843–1900 · Photographer
John Burke was an Irish photographer, best known for his photographs of the Second Anglo-Afghan War between 1878 and 1880. He was born in Ireland, around 1843, where he was a… (Wikipedia)
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John Burke has appeared at auction 1 time in ArtSell’s records in 2023; 0 sold, a sell-through rate of 0%. Sales were recorded mainly at Chiswick Auctions (1).
John Burke at auction: key figures
- Auction results
- 1
- Sold rate
- 0%
- Active at auction
- 2023
- Median price
- —
Top auction houses: Chiswick Auctions (1)
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Typical range is the middle half of priced sales (USD at the sale-date rate). Past auction results, not a valuation.
1 result
- Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. £700–900
John Burke: quick facts
How many works by John Burke have sold at auction?
0 of 1 recorded lots sold in 2023.
Which auction houses sell John Burke?
Chiswick Auctions accounts for the most recorded results. Chiswick Auctions
About John Burke
John Burke was an Irish photographer, best known for his photographs of the Second Anglo-Afghan War between 1878 and 1880. He was born in Ireland, around 1843, where he was a tradesman. He applied for a job in the British Army as an official photographer but travelled to Afghanistan at his own expense using heavy cameras that would have needed transporting on pack animals through mountainous regions. Burke was the first significant photographer of Afghanistan. He died in 1900. Burke's photographs have been grouped in albums with those of Benjamin Simpson and other photographers, so definitive attribution is not possible for some of his works.
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